The Rijksmuseum will celebrate Christmas 2010 with two exceptional acquisitions that highlight the birth of Christ. It recently acquired an extremely rare silver ‘prayer nut’, containing miniature carvings only millimetres in size and depicting the [Read More]
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The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum presents A Little House Christmas: An Exhibit, open November 20 – January 2, 2011. Twenty trees decorated in the traditions of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family. The [Read More]
The Melton Carnegie Museum re-opened on Saturday 13th November folowing a major building project which has created a new stae-of-the-art gallery, study area and community space for museum acrtivities, schools, volunteers and community groups. The [Read More]
The New York Public Library (NYPL) announced that Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, a scholar of African-American history from Indiana University, has been selected as the next Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black [Read More]
Here at the museum, we have a new member, the Blue Planet. To contrast with the cosmos that is Footprints, we have decided to counter with a more terrestrial movie. The Blue Planet is about [Read More]
The Geffrye Museum presents Christmas Past 2010. 400 Years Of Seasonal Traditions In English Homes, open Tuesday 23 November 2010 – Wednesday 5 January 2011. Christmas Past offers visitors a fascinating insight into how Christmas [Read More]
The National Museum of the Morgan Horse has opened in it’s new home in Middlebury. The museum tells the story of the Morgan horse. The Morgan is one of the earliest horse breeds developed in [Read More]
Museum Announces Groundbreaking for New Art Handling Facility, Building Momentum for its Master Plan for Growth The Philadelphia Museum of Art has broke ground on an approximately 68,000 square foot Art Handling Facility which represents [Read More]
The Alexandria Museum of Art presents Travis Whitfield: Further On Down the Road, on view through February 26, 2011. Artist, Travis Whitfield discovered the small town of Keachi, LA on his many trips between Shreveport [Read More]
Artist Adam Pendleton returns to the Gardner Museum to present a new contemporary work incorporating music and spoken text as part of the final Gardner After Hours event before the museum’s new Renzo Piano-designed wing [Read More]
The Grand Rapids Public Museum presents BODIES REVEALED, open November 20, 2010 – May 1, 2011. In this phenomenal exhibition about the amazing and complex machine we call the human body, more than a dozen [Read More]
The Rosenbach Museum & Library presents A Taste of History, on display through Sunday, March 13, 2011. Just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday, the Rosenbach serves up a tasty treat from its collections. Find [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will launch its online edition of “The William Steinway Diary” in December to coincide with a special display of the diary that will provide a glimpse into the [Read More]
The Nevada Museum of Art is to hold a Museum Book Sale on Friday November 19, 2010 / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm. From paperbacks to deluxe illustrated volumes, treasures abound at the second annual [Read More]
Twenty years ago this November the Hammer Museum first opened its doors. To celebrate the occasion, the Hammer is offering 20 DAYS OF FREE ADMISSION, November 26 to December 18. Visitors are invited to bring [Read More]
Decorating Christmas tree ornaments and holiday gifts with stamps from around the world are just two of the fun activities for children and adults at this year’s Holiday Family Day on Saturday, December 4 from [Read More]
The Field Museum presents The Horse. Exhibition opens on February 16, 2011. A powerful thoroughbred, its mane flying, crosses the finish line in triumph at the Kentucky Derby. A young rodeo rider grabs his saddle [Read More]
The National Museum of Taiwan History is under construction and is expected to finish in 2011. The Preparatory Office began the preparatory work in 1999, and the National Museum of Taiwan History was officially established [Read More]